The Irish standard., 1887-02-05


Duncan, James White, M. Gogarty,
Bernard Wheeler, James Conway, q:
{. ;;SP. Cunningham, Z. c.; Charles Nc
Dpnnell, James Nenneti, John Graham
and others.
"a large and representative meeting
of the Duke Of LeinsteE's tenants of
Of Kildare District was held. owing, to
"a report that his Grave was about to
sell I'm large: lots, The. bog or turf banks
which they held with their farms for a
considerable number OF years. Almost
all the tenants have MADE arrangements
to purchase their holdings under Lord
Ashbourne's Act. Rev. M. j. Murphy,
P. p, V. G., presided. Several per-
sons, for whom several acres were
allotted and measured, attended, and
declared their intention to have moth
ing further to do with the transac
ton. After considerable discussion,
the following resolution was unani-
mously adopted and signed by those
present, viz Resolved, AS we have
been made aware that tits the intention
of the Duke Of Leinster to sell to other
than the present occupiers the bog
which we have used and enjoyed for a
long period Of years, we hereby enter
our emphatic protest against such a
coursa being carried cut as injurious to
cur rust rights, and we pledge ourselves
to be no party to the proposed transac
tion.n
KILKENNY.
Mr.. P. M. Egan has been installed
Mayor Of Kilkenny.
LIMERICK.
Mr.. Francis a. O'Keeffe, solicitor,
was installed Mayor of Limerick.
Judge Ferguson has served some Of |
his Creagh, county Limerick, tenants
with writs for rent.
a large and Influential meeting was
recently held at Foynes. the Rev Father |
Muiqueen presiding. to protest. against !
the proposal TO place F'oynes harbor
under control of the Limerick HarEo;
Commissioners. Resolutions advocat~
ing the establishment CT a local harbor (
board were adopted,
Colonel Turner. General Raller's sue
cessor, has been engaged for some time
past interviewing evicting landlords in
the county limerick. The effect OF his
interference has been She abandonment |
of the evictions. The sub-sheriff, who
had II large number of evctions to carry /
out, has suddenly been relieved of his
task,
LONGFORD.
The police have been closely watch
ing Mr.. O'Brien at Longforl for the
past few days. expecting that the Plan
Of Campaign would be proceeded with
IN the Grenarti estate. 1t is rumored
that MI. O'Brien recently secretly col.
ected rents at Dr,1mlish.
l.OuTH.
his Grace the Most i,ev. DR.. McGet-
;igau has appointed the Rev. James
aicGfee, Z. r., Dunleer, q Canon OF the
Chapter of the archdiocese Of Armagh
On January 5, at V:estgate, I,rug
1a<la, died Maurice Collins: one OF the
non of 'G6. On the night Of the mem
,rable 9TH OF March, 1851. the deceased
was one Of the nImber vino were ''o1,t,"
and he WAS arrested and conveyed with
1is fellow captives to Dunaa!k jail, |
where, with them, he suffered ali the
,o;rors Of the severe prison discipline
70 which the Fenian prisoners were
subjected 1T that time.
MAYO.
Major Lambert has given reduction
If Is per cent. to his Boleboy tenants.
Dearth Of employment in Ballina has
lriven the distressed laborers to appeal
% the Board of Guardians. OF course,
he board, trammelled with red tape,
COULD do nothing to assist them by es-
;abhshing relief works or otherwise.
SLIGO.
Il cattle dealer named William Arm
strong has been arrested, as he vas
preparing to leave for America, on a
,harge Of stabbing to death q farmer
,amed Thomas Davis in the streets of
Sligo.
TYRONE.
Mr.. Patrick Gallagher, solicitor of
;tlabane, will be asked to contest che
South Division of Donegal County, va.
;ated by the death of Mr.. Bernard
Kelly.
WATERFORD.
During the month of December. 80
ons Of turkeys were sent by steamer
rom Waterford to the English markets.
Those who sold state that about lis. a
,air was the average price. The Eng
lsh papers quote the figure at from Its.
0 19s.
WEXFORD.
A special meeting Of the Wexford
was held in the Town Hall